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IT Quote of the Week: Douglas Engelbart

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Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse and was an early pioneer of the Information Technology profession.  As such he is an excellent pick to be our IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series feature.

I like Information Age quotations.  I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week.  I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week it will be a funny quote.  You can read more about the author at Wikipedia.

“The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.”
Douglas Engelbart

What did you think of the quote?  Did you like it? Do you know of any other similar ones?  Please share.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for July 21, 2010.

quote credit: Information Technology Quotes on EnglishForum

image credit: Hypertext History

News Commentary: Three Cheers for the Cell Phone

CNN has a really nice piece commemorating the creator of the cell phone, Mr. Martin Cooper.  This story is the IT Thought of the Day News Commentary of the Week.   image

On Mondays I offer comments on some   of the most interesting information technology stories that I have found on the web that week.  Please feel free to join in the discussion or suggest other stories.

Today’s comments were generated after I read the fore mentioned CNN story.  Great article that I recommend to you.  Give them a read below.

CNN.com – Inventor of cell phone: We knew someday everybody would have one

By Tas Anjarwalla

Cooper and his team at Motorola, the communications company, created maybe the only thing that runs the lives of business professionals and teenagers alike — the cell phone.

It was the size of a brick and wasn’t commercially sold for another decade. But as Cooper demonstrated on a New York sidewalk, it worked.”

What I loved about this article was that it represented the exact best that an outfit like CNN can deliver.  It showed journalistic ethics, special access granted by being a big name, and rigorous fact checking and research without opinion or slant. To me, it shows exactly what big media can and should  deliver that bloggers never can, will, or should.  I wish that CNN and the rest of mainstream media would stick to this type of story and get out of the business of trying to beat bloggers to scoops, or drive a political agenda, even involving tech reporting, by spinning news to create positions.  Bravo to CNN and  Tas Anjarwalla for showing us how it can and should be done.  Great story.

OK, that is what I think of this topic. What do you think about this topic?  Do you agree or disagree with me? Do you have a recommended news story for next week? Please share your ideas below.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for July 12, 2010  by Scott Coughlin.

Image Credit: Fukuoka Prefectural University

iPhone Loving (Video)

In honor of next week’s iPhone 4 launch by Apple, I thought that I would comb through YouTube and see what sort of iPhone loving videos have been posted before.  What I found did not disappoint in the least!  As I suspected, people sure do love their iPhones – enough to make hundreds of videos expressing such for the world to see!

I usually feature comedy on Saturdays.  In the past, I have featured jokes, comics, cartoons, and news on the weekends.  Sometimes I include comics, stories, games, and photos.  By far, though, humor and especially videos with Information Technology (IT) themes have been the most popular.  So I have gone back to this endless well of laughs!  I simply cannot get enough of comedy videos!

For this week, I have picked this video to share with you as follow-up.  It is called “iPhone Love”… It is by invisibleSHIELD and it just plain funny!

The most humorous part of all of this is that it is all so true.  Some of the jokes hit a bit close to home! 

I hope that I gave you a chuckle to make your weekend a little brighter.  I will be back Monday with more serious topics!

What did you think of the video?  Funny? Do you know of any other similar movies or clips?  Please share.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for June 19, 2010.

Video Credit: invisibleSHIELD

media credits: Yyookkyy and NewsTopia